#Googlebus? Symbol of displacement and class privilege–or signal of tech jobs to come? « Oakland Local

On Friday, a group of protestors in West Oakland blocked a Google bus carrying workers that had stopped to pick up people at the West Oakland BART and carry them to the Google Mountain View campus. According to SF Gate, a brick was thrown through the window of one bus and a tire slashed on another, all in the name of anti-gentrification, pro-affordable housing policy. The bus was freed by Oakland police, but not before passengers were handed flyers stating “Get the fuck out of Oakland.”